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British Rail Class 88
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Stadler Rail Valencia· from 2015· electro-diesel railway locomotive used in the United Kingdom
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vossloh EuroDual at Innotrans 2016 05: PetrS.· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 88009 at Scout Green with a Daventry to Mossend intermodal train: The joy of all things· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 88 double header: IDMacpherson1964· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. InnoTrans 2016 – DRS Class 88 (29190980764): – FelixM –· CC0
- 5. Electra 88007: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Genesis 88003: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Minerva 88005: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Prometheus 88002: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Vossloh EuroDual at Innotrans 2016 10: PetrS.· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Vossloh EuroDual at Innotrans 2016 11: PetrS.· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 88 is a type of main line mixed traffic electro-diesel locomotive, manufactured by Vossloh España/Stadler Rail Valencia for Direct Rail Services (DRS) in Great Britain. The locomotive is part of the Stadler Euro Dual group and is the first dual-mode locomotive in Great Britain to use 25 kV AC railway electrification. Amid the fulfillment of DRS's order for the Class 68, Vossloh's team proposed the development of a dual-mode locomotive that could be alternatively powered by an onboard diesel engine or via electricity supplied from overhead lines (OHLE).
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 11 years ago, in 2015.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 4 MW is about 47 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2015–2016
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electro-diesel
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Stadler Rail Valencia, Stadler Rail
- designer
- Vossloh
- operators
- Direct Rail Services
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- 4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q23070990, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 88 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.